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Immerse yourself in eight decades of Marlboro music making
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Summer 2025 Digital Program
Rekindle the magic of the 2025 summer season with this special digital program, curated by Artistic Directors Mitsuko Uchida and Jonathan Biss. These five performances are available for on-demand streaming and exemplify the joy, artistic commitment, and spirit of discovery that characterizes all of the music-making at Marlboro.
Schubert: Mehrstimmige Gesange (selections)
Bridget Esler, soprano; Chihiro Asano, mezzo-soprano; Eric Finbarr Carey, tenor; Evan Luca Gray, bass-baritone; Lydia Brown, piano
Performed July 20, 2025
Webern: Six Bagatelles, Op. 9
Yebin Yoo, violin; Felicitas Schiffner, violin; Njord Fossnes, viola; Jay Campbell, cello
Performed July 26, 2025
Esmail: Who makes a clearing
Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano; Samuel Andonian, violin; Dilshod Narzillaev, cello
Performed August 10, 2025
Busch: Romanze, Op. 53d
Jonathan Leibovitz, clarinet; Laura Liu, viola; Maiya Papach, viola; Elena Ariza & Judith Serkin, cello
Performed August 9, 2025
Brahms: String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2
Masha Lakisova & Joseph Lin, violin; Emad Zolfaghari, viola; Elena Ariza, cello
Performed August 9, 2025
From the Archives
This series of profiles focuses on some of the legendary figures who helped to establish the spirit of Marlboro—true originals who inspired and influenced generations of musicians with their musical insights and humanity. Through their performances, photographs, biographies, and the recollections of past participants and others, we hope to bring to life a sense of their substantial contributions to Marlboro and music, for which we are ever grateful.
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From the Archives:
Adolf BuschViolinist, composer, and Marlboro co-founder Adolf Busch’s uncompromising humanity, devotion, and commitment to what he believed in—his example as a moral beacon in uniquely tumultuous times—has guided Marlboro from its earliest days.
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Rudolf SerkinIn setting the standards and creating the structure for Marlboro, Rudolf Serkin opened new worlds for generations of exceptional young musicians. Throughout his life, he demonstrated that music is not merely a profession but a moral act that finds its highest expression in the service of others.
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Blanche Honegger MoyseA unique and beloved figure in Brattleboro’s cultural life, Marlboro co-founder Blanche Moyse gave us new perspectives on some of the most moving music ever written. The inspiring experience of exploring Bach’s music with her has had a lifelong impact on decades of Marlboro musicians.
Marlboro Archive at University of Pennsylvania
A permanent Marlboro Music archive was established in 2013 at the Van Pelt Library of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. It is housed in the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts.
A special exhibit, “Musical Partnerships at Play: The Marlboro Music School and Festival,” was on view in the Library’s Eugene Ormandy Gallery in 2018-19. For more information, call 215-898-7088 or email [email protected].
The Marlboro Music archive comprises administrative documents, concert programs, printed promotional materials, articles and reviews, photographs, and audio-visual materials. Spanning from 1950 through 2013, it showcases Marlboro’s influence on chamber music in America, documenting its growth from a small and informally-organized summer school in the early 1950s to its current status as a prestigious institution that has shaped careers and inspired the formation of numerous renowned ensembles.
The collection contains 150 linear feet of materials and is an excellent resource for anyone with an interest in Marlboro’s significant impact on the chamber music field. To explore the archive’s scope and contents, please visit the Penn Libraries website.